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How Anxiety Can Make Minor Decisions Feel Impossibly Difficult

I can't make simple decisions like what to eat for lunch without my heart pounding and feeling paralyzed by the possibility of making the wrong choice.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear of making mistakes has activated the threat detection system around neutral daily choices.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stress and the nervous system?”

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